Putting on Tights

1926

Laura Knight

Associated Names
Laura Knight

Artist, British, 1877 - 1970

David Strang

Printer, British, 1887 - 1967

The image shows a person standing and bending slightly forward, with their head bowed down. The person has short, dark hair and is holding a piece of fabric near their legs. They are nude. There is a cloth-draped armchair to the right, with a textured surface visible behind it. The floor has a patterned rug, and there is a bottle on the ground. The artwork appears to be an etching, with detailed line work capturing texture and fabric nuances. The background is dark with abstract lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 × 17.46 cm (7 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5200

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bolling/Withington 1993, no. 56

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1993

  • Bolling, G. Fredric, and Valerie A. Withington. The Graphic Work of Laura Knight, including a Catalogue Raisonné of Her Prints. England: Scolar Press, 1993, p. 123, no. 56.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Laura Knight

Wikidata ID

Q65022959

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